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Data in the u. S. Is bouncing back. Factory orders coming through stronger than anticipated and we are up 6. 4 versus 6. 2 last time. And it is actually a little bit softer than last time. 11. 4, that isat stronger than anticipated. And transportation is a stronger than last time. Orders,tal goods nondefense, 1. 9, bang in line with expectations. Ookare going to get the b a little bit later on. That will give us a good idea about what is happening for the back into july into august backend of july into august. We will carry on the conversation about what is happening in the markets. We have great guests coming up. This hour, we will speak to the ceo of lands end. They have a big digital presence. Have. Ffect they will we will talk with Jerome Griffith about that. And for more on what is markets we have Brian Weinstein from morgan stanley. This talk about what is happening b ....
Little bit of buying pressure, 1. 61 . The s p is up by 6 10 of 1 . If you take a look at the sector breakdown, it will be a little more defensive than the headline numbers will indicate. , talking about the fact that the ecb is taking the currencies single level into account. Alsolso ha watching what is happening with the pound as well, and the russian ruble, because we have seen the ruble coming under pressure as a result of what is going on with the navalny poisoning, germany confirming unequivocally that as a result of recent tests, they are now able to confirm that he was wasd with not a poisoned. Will that result in sanctions . A big move, big move against the ruble. We will come back and talk about that later in the program, alex. Alix Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and Opposition Leader are facing off today in th ....
Last 10 years. That doesnt get it done. Guess what . Job cuts. Lisa how much more can Central Banks do to juice job growth at a time of zero Interest Rates . I find it fascinating that coke is offering voluntary separation programs with its employees, read, job cuts. More interestingly, yesterday salesforce. Com, one of the winners of this, and also job cuts. Tom cocacola managing the message as they always do. I dont know what their cute phrases for firings. Lisa separations. Tom exactly. That is just as phony as all of the rest of the. What is so important in that set of announcements across the bloomberg, as they make clear this is an International Strategy to right size on 86,000 employees right now, what we really need is a morning brief. Where you start . Lisa at 8 30, ancient history, which is u. S. July in ....
Rally. The bond market yesterday saying a bit of buying come back, but not much for printing. 71 basis on the 10 year right now. Action pivots over what is happening in the United States. We get to the Michigan Consumer center. A little stronger than economists seemed to have protected. 74. 1, up from 72. 8 last time around. 72. 8 was what the economists were predicting as well. Current conditions, 82. 9. That is slightly ahead of expectation which are at 60. 5. The expectations number is actually where we are seeing the strain. Lets turn to our big story of the day, we have seen that apart from the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe, the countrys longest serving premier will be undergoing treatment for chronic illness. He spoke earlier today. Respond to ready to the mandate by the public. I made a judgment i should no ....
For shinzo abe. The pound is big today. We are up by 1 . Governor of the bank of england indicating we are going to see the possibility of negative rates. We are, as you can see, seeing a big bid for the yen as well. Dollar is down. Stoxx 600 is low. S p absolutely flat. Kailey i want to bring you news. Mgm resorts, the casino operator, is cutting 18,000 jobs. That cut impacts over one quarter of its u. S. Workforce. It has been a hard time for casinos during this pandemic. Mgm operates not just in the u. S. , the las vegas strip, but also in macau. All macau travel was shut down, they have yet to catch up. Las vegas market makes up half its revenue. Mgm cutting 18,000 jobs. At the moment, the stock is higher by about 4 . Guy back to that story relating to the bank of england. Governor Andy Beshear Lee says there is plenty of room for more monetary stimulus. He spoke at the feds virtual jackson hole event earlier. He talked abou ....